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Scraps and ?atts. ! < Misses Gladys and Dcrothy Oro I well, sisters, of New York, committed ' suicide at Bordeaux, France, a few I days ago by jumping from the rail of I a steamer in which they were return- ' ing home. Both were Red Cross nurses i who had spent much time at the front, ' and who before leaving New York were ? prominent in the most exclusive social circles of the city. A note found in their stateroom told of their intention to "end it all." Higher food prices next year are expected by army officials, who in asking congress for appropriations for food purchases disclosed they had allowed for a 10 per cent increase in the year beginning next July. When the food administration ceases to function and all its restrictions are removed, prices will go sky-high," declared * 1 * nf the ouartermas liieui L Ul. nuiuiw, .. . ter's corps, before the house military committee hearings on the army appropriation bill. An army ration?food for one man for one day?now costs the government forty-eight cents. Col. Adams said appropriations had been asked on a basis of fifty-three cents. ? The peace conference on Saturday unanimously adopted the league of nations programme. President Wilson and Colonel House are the American members of the commission thereon. The delegates af the great powers on the league of nations, it was learned, will be: For the United States, President Wilson and Colonel House; for Great Britain, Lord Robert Cecil and General Jan Christian Smuts ; for France, Leon Bourgoise and Ferdinand Larnaude, dean of the faculty of law of the University of Paris: for Italy, Premier Orlando and Viterio Scialoia: for Japan , Viscount Chinda and K. Ochiai. The delegates of the small na. tions will be announced later. ? Wherever American negroes have appeared in the area occupied by the Americans writes a correspondent with the American army in Germany, they have attracted great attention among the civilians. In Treves, Coblenz and other places during the early days of the occupation, crowds assembled wherever any negro soldier stopped and it was necessary for the military police to enforce the orders prohibiting gatherings. Even now in Coblenz . ? there are a number flHQ 1 TCVCB, >TUVkv of negro soldiers they attract crowds of German children every time they appear: The German soldier also regards the negro with great curiosity. According to a discharged German soldier in Rengsdorf, the German army early in the war offered a reward of four hundred marks for the capture ulive of each negro. The discharged German soldier said that throughout the war German soldiers lived in great fear and even terror of the negroes and it was in order to overcome this fear that rewards were offered. Lawrence, Mass., January 25: Textile workers of this city at a mass meeting today, voted unanimously to support a movement \o reduce working hours from 54 to 48 hours a week, without reduction of pay, effective on February 3. Leaders explained that there would be no strike, but that the operatives would work eieht hours daily and then quit their looms and benches, returning the next day. Thos. F. McMahon of Providence, R. I., first vice president of the United Textile Workers of America, outlined the plan of campaign. February 3 will be the first eight-hour day, he said. The operatives will go to work and quit after eight hours, going back "the next morning, if you are allowed." The Pacific mills announced on Thursday a refusal of the 48-hour-week proposal. The Laurence Duck company notified its employes today that it would shut j-vn.r. \f the 48-hour-week were insist uvnu ik ed upon. Approximately 25,000 operatives are employed in the mills here. The products include cotton, woolens and worsteds. Raising of the embargo on cotton exports to enemy countries is now being considered by the associated governments. President Wilson on Friday cabled Senator Smith of South Carolina, In reply to requests by senators and representatives from southern states that restrictions be lifted. The message indicated, however, that no definite conclusions have yet been reached. After reading the president's message officials of the war tr^de board said it evidently had been garbled in transmission. They declared that no cotton had been shipped to enemy countries and that none would be until the question of the economic blockade of the central powers had been settled at the Paris peace conference. Pointing out that the president's message referred to the fact that the question of this blockade now is being considered by the associated nations, these officials said the statement that cotton was being exported to "all countries" must have rererreu to the Allied countries and neutrals. All restrictions as to cotton movements to those countries were removed some time ago. Control over the destination of all ships leaving American ports still is retained by the trade board, It was said through the system of licensing fuel coal. The board has received no instructions to permit any ships to proceed for ports in enemy countries, it was declared. Even ships carrying food relief to southern Europe were required to proceed to Gibraltar and their further movement was by agreement among the associated powers. ? Small contingents of French and British troops according to a cable from Omsk, Siberia, will bo sent to the assistance of General Dutoft" at Orenburg, negotiations between the Omsk government and the Allies G eneral Dutoff has telegraphed that he will hold Orenburg as long as possible. The trip of the Allied soldiers ? to Orenburg will be somewhat perilous because to reach that place they must make a sled journey of nearly 200 miles across the country swarming with wolves, which have multiplied because huntsmen there are without ammunition. Advices from Orenburg stale that many of General Dutoff's men are without rifles, but do terrible execution to Bolshevist ranks by charging -vO ??i?onniiQWAlvpS with saDres. racKs ui ia<cuVi.? infest the district about Omsk, attacking and devouring cattle, and even men are in danger outside of the city. It Is reported that Bolshevist forces plan to recapture Perm, which was taken from them last month by General Gaida's Siberian and CzcchoSolvak troops. The only real arsenal in the Ural region is at Perm, the former Russia government refusing to establish arsenals in Russia. France and Great Britain have notified Admiral Kolchak, head of the Omsk government. that they consider the acceptance by Foreign Minister Sazanoflf of plans for unity of command and the settlement of the railroad question as signalizing closer ties between th<* forces fighting the Bolshevists in Siberia. While there is no official organization accorded as yet. it is apparent that the powers. including America, have a tendency to look on the Omsk regime as a strong de facto government. Maj. Gen. C. C. Williams chief of ordnance, has been describing to the h"??? mtlitarv committee some of the steps taken by his department to prevent the country from going back to the state it was in before the war. Sufficient arms and ammunition will be kept, he said, for an army large enough to guard the country against any possible invasion. "The ordnance department now has 3,700,000 rifles, 2,000.000,000 rounds of ammunition and enough artillery ammunition to supply 48 divisions for-six months," General Williams said. "Similarly large quantities of other equipment is being held. The department plans to keep this material and in addition machinery for 1-1-~ ? ?-hir>h hn.?? heen manufac naMu^ v f? ti*v?> tured during the war." General Williams asked for an appropriation of 1,000.000 for bringrin;c back from France thousands of tons of ammunition of all kinds. Arsenals the government had before the war will be kept in operation General Williams said, and in addition several of the new war plans will be taken over and kept in such condition that they could be put in operation at short notice. General Williams asked for $500,000 to carry on experiments with tanks which he said had proved to be one of the most effective instruments of warfare. General Williams said expriments with body armor had not been very successful. With the exception of the helmet all amor was found to be practically useless. General Williams said the de- 1 partment had abandoned the idea of throwing Into the ocean or otherwise Jestroying great supplies of TNT and Jther high explosives. He explained that 80.000,000 pounds of TNT and TOO,000,000 pounds of powder was on hand in addition to immense quantities of other' explosives. The powder will be sold or kept for use of the war department, he said. A portion of the TNT will be sold to the agricultural department, part will be sold to the trade and the remainder will bp kept in storage in well guarded warehouses with unusual protection. against Are. ?hr \|orhrillf'> (inquirer umereci ai trie rosiumvc m ? Mail Matter of the Second Class. TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1919. The Columbia canal belongs to the people of South Carolina, and the people of South Carolina should have it. Let the Central powers have all the cotton they want and let them have it at once. That is the way to keep a gang of criminals from stealing millions of dollars from the farmers of the south. We have made no effort to get information as to the number of tons of nitrate of soda the farmers of York county had applied for up to last Saturday night: hut from general statements, it appears that the amount is quite large. If the Hon. Cole L. Blease had vetoed that 5-cent fare bill, the Columbia State would most certainly have asked, if not in so many words, then by implication, what he got for his veto; but if it has had any critieism of the governor's action in the matter we have overlooked it entirely. Representative Tom Heflin, of Alabama, charges that a combination of American and foreign spinners are raiding the cotton exchanges in the hop? of breaking the price of spots; but predicts that within fifteen days futures will again be quoted at 30 cents a pound. We believe with Mr. Heflin that the present break Is the result of a carefully planned raid and we hope that the Alabama man's prediction will prove correct. It is easy enough to see how the raiders can make speculative prices what they please so long r.s no actual cotton is moving. Well informed people who are honest about it very well understand howJohn L. McLaurin made the cotton exchange gamblers take note of things while he was in charge of the state warehouse, and we do not mind saying that if he were in the t'nlted States senate today, or even governor of the state, cotton would not be as helples* as it now seems to be. He knows exactly how the manipulators manipulate and exactly what to do to circumvent them. His presence in the United States senate right now would he worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the soutfr. Refusal by the sheriff of York county to compel a moving picture theatre in Rock Hill to comply with requests of the Rock Hill board of health has caused Dr. James A. Hayne, state health officer, to appeal to Governor Cooper and S. M. Wolfe, attorney gen eral, for an interpretation or tne present statutes to determine whether or not the state medical authorities have the authority to enforce regulations locally. Columbia State. This paragraph is misleading and unjust to the sheriff of York county, to say the least of it. The sheriff has not refused to do anything, nor has he tried to evade anything. He stands ready to do his duty without any hair splitting or anything of the kind. But it must be remembered that the sheriff is a very high officer, under heavy bond, charged with certain executive powers and duties, the order and manner of which are prescribed by statute. The same statute provides the machinery for the organization of boards of health, and prescribes the duty, jurisdiction and authority of such boards. The statutes give these boards wide powers and discretion in the making and enforcing of health regulations. There is almost nothing pertaining to health that is beyond the jurisdiction of a duly organized health board. But it must be rememoeren mai uiert ia no such a thing as a local board of health until it has been duly organized in accordance with the statutes. The state board of health has full and complete jurisdiction over local boards of health; but unless there is a duly organized local board of health, the state board of health has no means of enforcing any of its regulations in that locality. Each properly organized board of health must have a secretary and a health officer. The orders of the board shall go through the secretary to the health officer, and by him enforced. The sheriff does not enter into the matter until after it has appeared that the local health officer is powerless to discharge his duties without tht help of higher authority, if the sheriff should assume to act except in accordance with regular; procedure such action would not only be gratult ous; but it would render him naoie it a very mortifying call down, and possibly to an action for damages on hif bond. Although on its face the whole thinp seemed perfectly natural, it now appears that there is a most significant story behind the projajsitior. to adjourn the general assembly until next July. The tacts have come out through A M. Carpenter's Columbia correspondence of the Greenville Piedmont Othwise, probably the public would never have been any wiser. The house, as already stated, had passed the five-cent fare bill over the governor's veto, by an almost unanimous vote. One hundred and one member? voted for the passage of the bill and only three stood by the governor, Two of them were from the governor's home county and the other was Speaker Cothran. The proposition was then up to the senate. If the senate should agree with the house, the Columhia Railway, Gas and Electric company's street enrs would have to at once reduce the fare to and from Camp Jackson to five cents each way. The Columbia Record, generally understood to be under the control, if not in the actual ownership of Mr. Robertson, who is generally believed to dominate the street car lines also came out with a sensational story about Influenza throughout the state. It was a first page story that represented that there were twenty thousand eases of influenza in the state und that the disease was not only spreading rapidly; but it was of even more deadly type than was the first outbreak. The story seemed to convey the impression that the epidemic was coming right after Columbia with flying banners and the like. As to whether any of the senators were "on" does not yet appear; but next morning the morning after the house had sat down on the governor's veto, and after the Record had made its gas attack the senate voted to adjourn till the second Tuesday in July. With the Record's story and the senate's action, pressure was commenced on the * * 1 111.a * V. i. I ttlnt. ,. <, u | house. 11 IUUKCU line HIV luiue going to work. Certain members of the house, however, had a very earnest and honest consultation with Dr. C. V. Aiken, of the public health service. Dr. Aiken did not hesitate to say that the influenza situation was bad over the state, though the disease was, in his opinion, of a less virulent nature than heretofore; but he knew of nothing that would warrant such statements or impressions as the Co-1 Iumbia Record had been making. Different members began to smell a' mouse, and Representative Smoak, of Greenville, said that although ho was dreadfully afraid of influenza, he would be dad jimmed if he would not rot before he would be flimflum'med in any such way as that. Others felt likewise. and when the question of running away came to a vote In the house, the members stood their ground 65 to 34. The senate had already voted to- adjourn until Tuesday at noon rnd the house voted to adjourn until Monday night. There is no doubt about the fact that the members are afraid of influenza. Some few of them have it and the families of many of them have it. The inclination to adjourn until next summer is strong, and Mr. Carpenter is of opinion that if the senate will at once pass the flveeent fare bill over the governor's veto, the house will talk to it about going home. As to what is going to happen along that lino, however, remains for today's developments. The Raid of the Gamblers. If there was a time when the cotton exchanges needed the attention of our southern congressmen at Washington it is now, as witness the coldblooded prices manipulation operations that have been going on during the past few weeks, regardless of right, justice or the value of the property that is being outrageously avmv;i\cu. The fanners of the south, knowing: that the highest price yet offered for their cotton was lower than the cost of production plus a very modest margin of profit, and knowing nlso that under the law of supply and demand there never has been a time in the history of the staple when there was more i wariunt for fair prices, prices at least commensurate with everything the farmer has had to buy, have been ret fusing: to sell until they could realize 1 something like actual values, i The cotton exchanges, gambling in money, in terms of cotton, with a sufficient quantity of low grade, unspinnable cotton as a basis, are kicking s this low grade stuff up and down like I a football, and making it to a large extent the measure of the value of the real cotton in the hands of the farmer, which cotton represents labor, sweat, . money and anxiety, along with realii zation in a fair measure the legitimate > fruits of duty properly and honestly [ performed. On the wheat exchanges before the " " ? price nxing, wneai luium | ou grade, and whatever a man bought, , that was what he got, and had to take, i He could and did gamble a plenty, but it was strictly on a basis of what the actual wheat would bring. The New 1 York cotton exchange, at which the price of cotton is fixed, deals entirely in a low grade stuff that is fit for i nothing in the world except to serve as poker chips, and no matter what a legitimate spinner might buy, he has got to take either this stuff which is no use to him, or an arbitrarily fixed difference in cash, which difference would not procure the kind of cotton for which he is supposed to be trading. But nevertheless the exchange price is the only general guide to commercial values, and while the farmer who holds his cotton free from encumbrance, does not have to sell on any such basis, the situation of the man who has borrowed money rrom tne banks is different. Bank loans on cotton. are almost invariably margined upon New York exchange quotations, and a drop in the quotations of these margins, and generally that call means tect the cooton farmers of the south that unless the collateral is forthcoming, the cotton must be sold. Senator Smith, of South Carolina, is trying to get through a bill that will compel the exchanges to deal in specific grades of cotton and compel the receipt and delivery of the specific 1 grades of cotton bought and sold, with the idea of cicumventing the arrange, inent under which the price of the en, tire cotton crop of the south, good, bad and indifferent, is fixed on a basis of the manipulation of a lot of trash and I refuse. What Senator Smith has in mind is undoubtedly in the interest of the cot ' ton producers of the south, and the i senator should have the cooperation of all southern congressmen in putting through this bill; but there Is need for 1 more than that Just now. The south I is now being assailed by different predatory interests that have no more recard for right and justice than had the Germans in France and Belgium. The present crop of cotton is and ought to be worth not less than 35 cents a pound and after it passes into the hands of the spinners it will be sold to the consumers not only of America, but of the world, on a basis not less than 35 cents a pound to the producer. If the producer does not get that production price somebody else will, and if our representatives In congress have not the influence or the ability to protect the cotton farmci-s of the south at this time, it is difficult to see what use the cotton farmers of the south have for representatives in congress 1 anyway. Thirtieth Will Go to Camp Sevier. Senator Simons of North Carolina on Saturday called upon the war depart' meat with reference to the return of ' the Thirtieth Division and was in formed that all possible haste is being I made In getting the men of this division ready for their homeward trip. Tie was informed that not only had 1 these men heen asked to various cities i in South Carolina but that North Carolina and Tennessee also were asking for them. In this view of the situation, they will probably go to flreenvllle after ; they have been debarked at Charleston. In fact. Senator Simmons was practically assured on this point. General March Informed the North Carolina senator that the war department officers were as anxious as the men of the Thirtieth themselves and their friends for them to be at home again and that everything consistent with the situation was being done towards this end. From present indications the men will embark sometime during the coming week nnd land at Charleston possibly two weeks later. That will make their arrival in Charleston about February 155. LOCAJL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS York Motor Car Co. Gives information in regard to the prices of various styles of Ford cars. Prices are f. o. b. Detroit. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co. Reminds you that its wonderful bargain offerings in seasonable merchandise continues all of this week. McConnell Dry Goods Co. Calls attention to its "Economy Sale," and to some of the big values offered in wanted merchandise. Peoples Bank & Trust Co. Addresses Itself especially to farmers regarding their financial arrangements for this year. Loan and Savings Bank On page four directs attention to the increased prestige that comes to one when he writes a check on the Loan ana saving* nana. u wants your account. James Bros. Say they will receive 100 more mule* within the next few days part of them thi* week. See page four. Wrigley Tell* about the superior qualities of Wrigley chewing gums. See page four. Mrs. S. B. Witherspoon Warns everybody not to trespass upon her lands for any purpose. C. A. Turner, York No. 8 Wants to buy 100 head young cattle. W. F. Jackson, Yorkville No. 7 Has a pair of mules for sale cheap. Hugh G. Brown, Filbert Has a bunch of nios Missouri and Kentucky mules for sale. Mrs. R. Moultrie Bratton Will appreciate the return of a brooch lost Sunday afternoon. J. D. Hope, Sharon Makes a specialty of the grocery business and can please you in the quality and prices. Cabbage plants by mail. Star Theatre Gives programme for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Irene Castle Is to be the attraction Thursday. York Motor Car Co. For a three cent stamp will give you directions as to how to stop an annoyance common to Ford cars In wet weather. G. W. Whitesidee A Co., Sharon Suggests that you attend to general repair work now. It wants to furnish the hardware. C. L. Cobb and Others Give notice of opening books of subscription to the capital Stock of the Peoples Bank and Trust Co. Miss Irene Starr On salesday in February will offer her home for sale at auction before the courthouse door. Before a town can receive one of those captured German cannon, provided congress decides to give the guns, provision must be made for emplacements, and there must be reasonable guarantees of proper care. As to whether there will be any cases tried at the approaching term of the circuit court, remains to be seen. There may be some cases tried and may not be. Generally speaking the term is a kind of bluff and compromise term. That is, where the differences between the litigants are almost-to the point of adjustment, the defendant being willing to give so much and no more, and the plaintiff being willing to take so much and no less, this term is used to bring things to an issue if possible and force the issues on the alternative of going to the Jury. Many cases are compromised under such conditions. The cases that go to the jury generally are there in which both sidee are determined "to law you to the surpreme court and back again and then to somewhere Some of the newspapers are after the Piedmont Telephone company because of alleged poor service. We have a difference with the telephone company; but no quarrel with the Piedmont company in particular. We think that telephone rates are too high and have not hesitated to say so. But so far as the service is concerned, we have no special complaint. Indeed we bcliave that so far as the local exchange is concerned, the service is better than it has ever been and as good as it is anywhere. The communication is bad on community lines, of course, and it is bad in cases where individual owners of batteries fail to keep them up. But any general claim of poor service is unwarranted, in our opinion, except maybe, where the influenza is Interfering, and we are willing to concede some consideration even to the telephone people on account of.jicfluenza. "I wish you would tell the people," said a local man, "that there is a Federal law with heavy penalties against the sale of butter prints of less than a pound in weight for a pound. People bring in butter which they offer by the pound, and when you put it on the scales it is two or three ounces short. They simply do not know the danger they run In such practice." So far as The Enquirer knows, there Is no Federal law that could have any effect on sales of butter except In Interstate traffic; but there are state laws against shortwelghtlng of anything, and the food administration has been very particular about such matters, having punished a good many offenders along this line. However, law or no law, the practice of shortwelghtlng is very reprehensible. It is not honest. It Is not necessary, of course, that butter pads or prints weigh a pound or any other given amount; but If they weigh less than a pound they should not be offered as a pound; but by the pound for whatever they weigh. Without prejudice to either side, even to the extent of suggesting whether in our opinion picture shows should be closed up under existing Influenza conditions, we are glad to note the Intention of the Rock Hill picture shows to test their rights in the matter. We are interested in the prospective litigation because it promises to help straighten out a very much tangled situation. As to whether the Rock Hill board of health is organized in accordance with law, we do not know, but if it is not so organized it should be, and it should not be permitted to exercise the functions of a board of health until it is so organized. The same is true of all other boards of health. As to whether the operation of a picture or other show is calculated to spread the influenza is a question of fact for a Jury, and it is also a question of fact for a Jury whether If a picture show is a dangerous thing to the health of a community, a grocery store, dry goods store, cotton mill or other business or industrial place in which many people congregate, is not equally as dangerous. Of course, if the schools, picture shows and the like can be operated only at a serious menace to the public health, then such Institutions should be suspended. There is no question of that. But when it comes to stores and places where people get their daily sustenance, there must be other regulations of a different nature; because however dangerous may be the menace of influenza, people may as well have it or even die with it, as starve to death. This of course is a roJ.?" oV.onrHiim- hilt nevertheless UULUU U(l nuouiMu..., . it Is a reminder that this quarantine proposition calls for the exercise of a good deal of horse sense and many things In connection with it will have to be threshed out before juries before the people will be willing to accept any and everything they are told to accept, without more or less question. To protect holders of war savings certificates against loss through offers of persons or firms to purchase them at amounts less than their current redemption value, Secretary Glass has directed postmasters certificates which do not bear the name of the owner or on which the name has been erased orj changed, and not to accept certificates! presented by persons or firms "known to be buying, or publicly offering to buy war savings certificates or stamps from the owners unless positive evidence is submitted that the certificates were originally issued to the person or firm presenting them for payment." In a announcing the new order Secretary u Glass again urged the public to hold " their war savings stamps or if forced to dispose of them to have them re- n deemed at the nearest postofflce. ? ? 81 CLUBMAKERS AND SUBSCRIBERS. f] Clubmakers for and subscribers to The Yorkvllle Enquirer, are reminded n that the premium contest comes to a b close on next Saturday evening at 6 a o'clock, and all subscriptions not al- n ready paid should be paid by that time. a . tl ABOUT PEOPLE. J Miss Ora Watson of Hickory Grove, c visited Miss Rachel Parks on Yorkville No. 1, this week. f: Miss Vista Lindsay, of Gastonla, c spent the week-end with Miss Martha 8 Brandon, in Yorkville. Miss Mamie' Collier of Rock Hill, * visited the family of Mr. C R. Sim- t( mons In Yorkville last week. c Miss May Youngblood, who has been a visiting in Anniston, Ala, has returned r to her home on No. 6, Yorkville. s Mr. John. F. Youngblood, of No. 6, Yorkville has taken a position with the r Southern Power company in Charlotte. n There are eight cases of influenza in ? the family of A- M. Taylor of the f Travora mill settlement. Mrs. J. C. Blair of Blairsville, is vis- c iting her daughter, Mrs. A. M. Grist, in Yorkville. S Misses Claire Crosby of Pacolet, and g Ruth Crosby of Spartanburg, spent the week-end in Yorkville with their moth- a er, Mrs. M. B. Crosby. v F. A. Nunnery of Chester county, r has been advised by the war department of the death of his son, James 11 Nunnery, from wounds. 0 Corporal J. Albert Riddle of No. 2, v Clover, has arrived home, having just a received his honorable discharge from a the aerial service, near New Orleans. f Private Jeff Clark, for some time a past stationed at Hoboken, N. J., as a v guard, is spending a few days with his v parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Clark, on i Yorkville R. F. D. N'o. 1. Private James F. Smith, who has r h?>n in training at Camp Jackson for h the past eight months, has received an o honorable discharge and returned to v his home at Tlrzah. ' Miss Minnie Stephenson, trained nurse at Chicora hospital, Columbia, ? has been spending some time with the ? family of her father, Mr- J, R. Stephenson on Yorkville No. 5, helping to t nurse the family through a siege of influenza. All her patients having gotten much better, she has returned to Columbia. Private Walter Carroll, who went c overseas with the 81st Division, spent t several days in Yorkville with rela- e tives the past week, leaving for Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, yesterday, t He expects to be discharged within a r few days, because of physically dis- c qualifying e'.-cts of a case of pneumo- > nia. a Dr- J. Lemacks Stokes, at one time c pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal c church of Yorkville, and held in high esteem by the leaders of Methodism in T South Carolina, by reason of his lovely \ character, his ripe scholarship and his i exceptionally high class literary a achivements, has become a member of I the faculty of Columbia college, Co- r lumbia. a c WITHIN THE TOWN d The Travora cotton mill, on lower c Congress street, suspended operations r yesterday on account of the influenza a situation- t Supt Faris of the water, light and * power department, has been having t quite a serious time of it with influ- v enza. f For instance, the health laws re- * Antra that there be made every three a months a chemical analysis of the public drinking water, by a chemist approved by the state board of health, ( and also by a biologist, approved by the same authority, a bacteriological examination no less than every t three months. The results or Such 3 analysis and examinations are requir- . ed to be published for public information. It has been quite a long time 2 since anything of the kind has been 3 done, certainly not within a year. Water, pure or impure, bears a most im- 4 portant relation to health. The courthouse was well filled last 8 Friday night with people of the town c and country, who had gathered to hear a Col. W. W. Lewis tell of some of his experiences in the world war, as previously announced. All the available 1 seats were occupied and almost all of f the standing room was taken. The au- , dience would no doubt have been still * larger had there been more room, though possibly some may have been t kept away for fear of the flu. There t was no charge for admission, the talk being purely complimentary to those * who desired to hear Col. Lewis tell of ^ the things he had experienced, seen a and heard in connection with the big \ war, and although he was able to tell but little if anything that had not al- ( ready been told and printed by others, his story was none the less interesting v and entertaining. In his talk Col. 0 Lewis reviewed his trip across the At- a lantic, told of some incidents connect- c ed with his stay In England and In s France, recited some funny anecdotes j appropriate to the subject matter, and c exhibited a number of souvenirs, some c of which he had collected himself, j some of which he had purchased, and gave the history of each. The trans- a port on which Col. Lewis's outfit made e the crossing was attacked by a submarine; but the submarine was driven I off without having been able to inflict any damage. One of his funny stories ( was connected with the difficulties of c trade between people who are unable a to talk to each other, and the prac- t tice of the French people in victimizing a their American customers. A soldier \ in making a purchase from a woman f shopkeeper indicated the article he <j wanted and allowed the woman to ^ take the price from a number of coins t in his open hand- The soldier thought r the woman had taken more than was a coming to her, and he appealed to a i pal who claimed to be able to speak s French to help him out. "Parlez-vous. j Francais?" began the pal. "Bonjour, a oui. oui," replied the woman, and the a pal, unable to go any further, biurteu c out In English: "Well, why in the hell didn't you give this man the right change?" Col. Lewis described In interesting detail the work of his own command in connection with bringing C up ammunition, explained the manner of receiving signals from the front, n told how most of the movements had e to be made at night and especially 0 how, even a lieutenant, in command of j men going up to the front with am- \ munition, was not subject to the orders b of any superior officer he might meet e on the way; but was instructed to in- p vite such superior officer to take his ^ name and rank and report him to p headquarters, etc. While telling about the artillery work, he repeated the 0 story of a negro artilleryist who, upon v being questioned, explained that he was "doorkeeper to one of the big r guns." "I open de do', anuder nigger > pushes in de powder, den anuder nig- ^ ger pushes in de thing what makes 'er t go bang, and den I hollers, 'Kaiser. n count your men!" Among Colonel 7 Lewis's souvenirs were some shells that n had been carved by French artists, one w a 72 and one a 42; a pretty fruit bas v.Qf hoH heart nhanrinnad on a bat- a, tlefleld by the Germans, and other ar- f, tides. In condusion he told how en- h thusiastically responsive the troops were to all the songs of welcome on b their arrival in New York, and how si- p lence fell over them all upon the sing- h ing of "Hail, hail, the Gang's All a Here!" for the boys could not help being reminded that many of the gang d were sleeping In the bloody battlefields 0 of France. ft - n QUESTION OF PROCEDURE. nr In compliance with a request from 01 Secretary Hayne of the state board of health, Governor Cooper called upon r' Sheriff Quinn last Saturday to close up nl a moving picture show that was being operated in alleged disobedience to an alleged order of the local board of health. Sheriff Quinn advised the governor se I that he stood ready to do whatever the b< governor should order to be done; but X he had legal advice to the effect that n< the Rock Hill moving picture proposl- in tion was purely within the jurisdiction D< of the local authorities of Rock Hill, af nd It was not up to the sheriff to act ntil he was advised in a regular maner that the local authorities were unble to carry out the law. Impressed with the obvious sound ess of the sheriff's position, the gov rnor acknowledged the same and ad ised that matters remain as they ar< a far as the sheriff is concerned unti fie matter should properly come up t< im. It appears that the proprietor of thi loving picture show in question ha( een requested by the Rock Hill healtl uthoritles to close his place of busi ess. The movie proprietor compile* t first; but within an hour advise* tie local board of health that he ha< e-opened and expected to continui pen until forced to close by due pro esses, etc. It was after receiving the notic rom the movie proprietor that the lo al health authorities called upon th< heriff, and when the sheriff announc d his attitude, the Rock Hill healtl uthoritles went to State Secretary layne. State Secretary Hayne wa old about the same thing that the lo al board of Rock Hill had been told nd he went to the governor, with th esult of the developments alread: tated. Chief Youngblood of Rock Hill, li oniv to an innuirv from the sheriff m lade subsequent to the telephoni ommunications referred to abovt aid that he had not been called upoi o act in the matter; but of cours tood ready to do his duty wheneve ailed upon to do so. The following Rock Hill special o Saturday to the News and Courlei Ives more light on the foregoing: "An interesting situation has arise! s a result of an influenza quarantin irhlch the board of health has foun eason to again put on"The moving, picture managers, hav ng determined to fight the decree pened up this afternoon at 3 o'clock "The situation at this time is some trhat different than it was in Octobe nd the rules laid down by the healtl uthorlties are not so drastic as in th all quarantie. For instance, th< chools have not been closed, and I vould seem that conditions do no warrant their closing, at least, not now "he attendance at both grammar an igh schools is practically normal, s nany of the pupils having alread lad "flu." The rooms are kept thor >ughly ventilated and the childre matched and sent home at signs of th east indisposition. "The morning services at the church s are allowed, but there is no Sunda chool and the children are not allow d to attend the church service. "The stores are open, but with stric ures against crowding. "fti view of the above the theatr nen claim that the absolute closin if their business is unjust and discrim native. They claim that their place if business are so well ventilated tha heir patrons are just as safe as in oth tr places. "At a meeting last night the healt >oard expressed itself as strongly op >osed to allowing the theatres to re ipen until the epidemic had subsided Cotwithstanding, the theatres wer ihead, cleaned up their places thoi lughly and have opened up. Whatth lutcome will be remains to be seen." Shcriflf Quinn went over to Roc fill yesterday to get a clear idea c vhat the trouble was about and to pu limself in a position to render sue issistance as might lay in his powei t developed as a matter of fact tha 10 closing order had ever been issue Lgainst the picture shows and c Knon nntVil n cr t uuroc uicic i iau uvvH ?*v?.....0 erve. Nobody was really In dlsobe Hence to anything1. When the boar >f health was brought to realize th cnl situation, It prepared an orde ind placed the same in the hands c he sheriff. Thus armed, the sherll vent to the picture show men and tol hem his business. "Why, sure, w irill close," they said. "This is th Irst thing in the shape of a notic hat has yet come to our attention, ind they closed forthwith. LOCAL LACONICS Cotton Ginned to January 16. Joseph M. Taylor, special agent c he Census department, reports tha 16,552 bales of cotton were grinned 1 fork county up to January 16, agains 16,607 bales up to the same date lae ear. Called to Enon. Rev. O. L. Jones, pastor of Clove ind Union Baptist churches, has bee ailed on and has accepted the pastor :te of Enon Baptist, nine miles north vest of Yorkville. Rev. Mr. Jones wi >reach at Enon on the second an ourth Sunday afternoonsn'ear East Relief. Mr. W. T. Beamgruard said yesterda hat he had something over 61,000 c he 62,600 that the western district c fork county was expected to raise to he Near East relief fund, and this ha >een contributed by Clover, Bethan ind Sharon. He had no reports as y? rom other parts of the county. Quarantine Against Measles. The state board of health laws pre ide for the quarantining of contagl us diseases, and people properly quai intined, are subject to punishment i ase they move about without permis ion. A family of negroes that Is ai licted with measles, was quarantine in a farm two miles east of Yorkvill ne day last week. The health author ties are anxious to secure the enforce nent of quarantine regulations agalni .11 cases of contagious disease of what iver nature. tcpair Roads by Contract. John R. Hart, Esq., came up fror Columbia last Thursday night, on ac :ount of the adjournment of the house ,nd returned last night. Speaking e he general assembly, he said tha imong other things, membership in rolves a great deal more work thar h iad previously supposed. He said th lelegation is working on a bill to pro ride for the keeping up of certain o he main thoroughfares of the count] larticularly the north and south roa .nd the road between Yorkville an ["irzah, by contract. The idea is to pre cribe in the law specifications cover ng what the bidder will have to dt nd require bond for faithful perform mce. The bill, however, had not bee: ompleted in detail. CLOVER CULLINGS. Correspondence of The Yorkville Enquirer. Clover,. January 25.?At the annua neeting of the stockholders of th lank of Clover on January 24, direct rs were elected as follows: J. H. E ackson, M. L. Smith, W. P- Smith. E V. Pressly, S. A. Sifford, T. M. Camp ell, J. A. Page. Mr. M. L. Smith wa lected president; S. A. Sifford, vie resident, and James A. Page, cashier l dividend of 10 per cent was orderet aid out of the annual profits. Miss Johnsie Stacy visited the famil; f Mr. Starr N*. Stacy on R. F. D. 3 thl: reek. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Westmorelanr eturned Wednesday night from Cary 1. C., where they were called Satur ay on account of the sudden death o he latter's mother, Mrs. W. T. May ard- On December 20th last, Mr. W '. Maynard died from cancer, thu; lother and father wepe both burlet dthin less than a month apart. Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Klncaid of Besr?itv x. c.. recently visited th< iniily of Mr. W. A. Westmorelanc ere. Dr. James W. Campbell, who ha.' een stationed at Camp Sevier, for thi a.st year or more, has received ai onorable discharge from the servlc< nd returned to his home here. Mr. and Mrs- W. F. Wood were calle to Gastonia Wednesday, on accoun f the critical Illness of their sister liss Rhoda Wood. On Wednesaaj Ight Miss Wood died of double pneulonia and was buried at Tate's chapel n Thursday . Mr. D. L. Stevenson of Winnsboro, jcently visited his daughter. Miss Anin Stevenson, at Bethany, Miss Stevison being one of the teachers in the ethany school this year. Two members of the general asimbly have died of influenza since the iginning of the session. Senator icholson of Edgefield, died on Wed:sday and was buried Friday morng and Representative Walter E. errlck of Orangeburg, died on Friday ternoon. t MERE-MENTION Ml | Of 203 German submarines lost dur- - lng the war It Is semi-offlcially estimated that 120 went down with all on a [ board, and that of the other 83 crews, A at least half of the men were lost 0 j It is said that Czech-Slovaks positively I refuse to sit in the peace conference } with the Bolsheviki A French torpedo boat was destroyed by striking (J* a mine off the coast of Tunis a few i days ago. Eighteen men lost their <> j lives The French government has seized the Thyssen steel works In Lorj ralne So far It Is known that 34 /V j women have been elected to sit in the " j German national assembly The 8 e house immigration committee has favorably reported a bill authorizing the deportation of 4,020 enemy aliens e who have been interned during the 1* war The German government . I has made official announcement that no less than 500,000 civilians died as ^2. , the result of malnutrition or undernu .. trition because or tne DiocKaae a i 8 Norwegian steamer left New Orleans A' . one day last week with 128,428 bags of | I rice for Rotterdam. The same steamer e carried 8,442 sacks of beans Three J y htousand American soldiers lost arms and legs during the war It is defln nitely stated that no pctash can be T ' shipped to America from Lorraine be- x c fore April, because of the French re- hoi ?t quirements Chairman Hurley of at n' the shipping board, has asked Charles 8 t e Piez, director general of the Emergen cy Fleet corporation, to sell 25 7,600- SP ton vessels to a European corporation. \jr ,t The senate postofflce committee Vr t has revised the postofflce appropria- ha, tlon bill so as to include increases of we n salaries for virtually all postofflce em- in e ployes and $200,000,000 a year for the g o d next three years for the construction of post roads An American whip. pet tank driver, just retumedr from . L France, says the Germans nicknamed 'S the American tanks "American slaugh- * ter houses.'" The missionary in- asn r terest are seconding British efforts to ~r< h induce the United States to assume the ev< e guardianship of a large part of the JJ? ? Near East released from Turkish domIt ination A London coroner's Jury ? ,t has indicted Lt. CH. Norman Cecil r, Rutherford, medical corps of the Britd ish army, in connection with the death Cl o of Major Miles C. Seton, who was shot ^ y_ to death on January 13. Undue inti- tht macy of Seton with Mrs. 'Rutherford eit n is said to have been the cause of the foi e killing. Motor car bandits have been systematically robbing Philadel phia clothing manufacturers of wooly ens for some time past and since Jan- \ - uary 1st have gotten away with $70,000 worth of line woolen goods t0 I. Federal Judge Hand has ordered the p0l return of all papers seized in the office pe e of Jeremiah O'Leary bv Federal g agents, after O'Leary had fled from t- Justice. The officers expected to use >s the papers against O'Leary in his trial X Lt on charges of violating the espionage i_ act Loans to the Allies during fal January have totaled only $170,000,h 000, against an average of $400,000,000 L during several months past Eng- |av L land lost a total of 59 submarines dur- 18 1. ing the war, of these 39 were destroy- on it ed by enemy action Great Britain 8ai - has suspended work on all war vessels y? e until after the close of the peace con fcrence Advices received at wasn k ington, are to the effect that Pancho ^ ,f Villa, the Mexican bandit, has emit braced the Bolshevik doctrine and tak- H h en upon himself the task of reforming r. the conditions surrounding men who Lt work. Tft d ?, x Attorney General on the Rock Hill ^ Situation, Attorney General Wolfe has I written Secretary Hayne of the state 5," ? board of health as follows, with regard * ? to the Rock Hill case: tne ? "I have your letter of the 24th in!? stant, advising me of the situation ex- Y?1 ? istlng in the town of Rock Hill, where V?* a an effort of the local board of health Jr. e to close the picture shows under quar- Ej"' e antine regulations is being defied and i-f" ? the sheriff disclaims any responsibility iv for executing the mandates of the I board.- * X "In compliance with your request that this office instruct you as to the legal rights of the state and the local j"j board in the premises, I call your at- rp tention to Section 10, Article VIII, of t the constitution, providing for the cren* ation by the general assembly of t health and clothing them with power ^ and authority to make regulations t as will protect the health and abate J nuisance. Article I of Chapter XXIII J of Vol. 1 of the code creates these ^ boards and gives them plenary powers r for the enforcement of their regula- Stc n tions. Section 1572 gives to the state TE board supervisory and advisory control th< over local boards, inclusive of those To " existing in incorporated cities or towns 291 II as will be seen from Sec. 1575. Sec. op d 1585 makes it obligatory upon local DA boards to execute the orders of the po state board of health and renders their lai members subject to removal for fail- Sh y ure or refusal to properly comply with dr< ' its orders. Section 1614 renders the ,r sheriff, constables, police officers or >f health officers the agencies through r which the orders of the board of d health are made effective.' y "The case of Alton vs. Board of it Health, holds that where the action of the board is not arbitrary or .capricious the courts are without authority to review it. The case is reported in 93 J" S. C., at page 553." ? $ptrial Jlotices. D d Government Seed Distribution. e The Agricultural Department wants J me to distribute to farmers in York w? " county, 130 quart packages of cotton Pal t seed of varieties which it desires to ~I " test. Full directions will go with each package and no farmer will be allowed 41 ??? ..onUoiro ruatribution t/)' mure uiou uuc _ closes February 28th. Will file names UP in order of application. Write me if t'1< '' you want any. *?< J The applications for vegetable seed are coming in very slowly and must be < filed by February 28th, also. wil ~ W- F. Stevenson. e the J OBITUARY at, eta d Died In action in France on Octo- cor d ber 4, 1918, WILLIAM HARVEY r ' FARRIS, son of the late Thomas Far" ris, and his wife, Clementine Farris, ' of Cato, Arkansas. He was born Japu" ary 26, 1893. He entered the Ameri n can army at Los Angeles, Cal., in Oc- ?11 tober, 1917, and was trained in New H York state and went to France with ? > the Rainbow Division, landing December 29, 1917, and went into the trench- J es in June. His last letter home bore mo . date of September 16, 1918, and the yea war department has since given notice FV>i e of his death on October 4. The young Coi " soldier was a grandson of the late Eli- Thl ; Jah A. Farris of York county, and a tro ' nephew of Mrs. L. J. Lumpkin of New- ren ' port- PO e At her home in Beersheba neighbor. hood on January 24, of influenza, foli lowed by complications, Mrs. MARY ea? CARROLL, wife of Mr. W. A. Carroll, J .. in the 31st year of her age. She is s survived by her husband and one chua. --The interment was at Beersheba on Saturday after funeral services by Rev- no? _ J. L. Yandeli. At his home in the Hoodtown sec- a f f tion on January 26, of pneumonia, wh) - following influenza, R. HARVEY wa, . SHERRER, in the 49th year of his age. J 3 The interment was with Masonic honor 1 at Sharon yesterday at noon, after re- yrt ligious services conducted by Revs. E. x * B. Hunter and J. B. Swann. The de; ceased leaves a widow, who was Miss I Cranford, and the following children: Elizabeth, David and Haskell Saye. s He is also survived by two brothers, e Messrs. J. H. and Ed Sherrer, and the i following sisters: Mrs- S. A. Mitchell, I i Mrs. J. M. Plexico and Miss Fannie G Sherrer. The deceased had for a num- My ber of years been constable for Buit lock's Creek township. ^jy : w | (The Cotton |tl;uiu;l. Monday, January 27, 1919. Sharon 25 you Clover i-s n 1 Filbert 22 a s Bowling Green %- 22 Bot Yorkville - -24 us i CATTLE WANTED - E T AM in the market for One Hundred See Head of Young Cattle for pasturlng. Let me have your offerings in t'aD person, by phone or by mall. H. E. t FERGUSON. York, S. C. 4 t.f- tf ? SCELLANEOUS WANTS. WANTED r once, 1,000 pounds of Poultry. See me on York No. 3. 2t* W. D. BENFIELD. WANTED *JE Hundred Head of Young Cattle. See me, No. 3, Yorkvllle. 4t* C. A. TURNER. FOR SALE s'E pair of Mules, cheap. Apply to me on No. 7, Yorkvllle. ! 2t W. F. JACKSON. LOST Rose Hill cemetery, 8unday afternoon, an Amythest Brooch. Finder ase notify Mrs. R. MOULTRIE ATTON. It if aitt?v t/\ v a a w uuniii iv? iivan r Seven Per Cent, on First Mortgage on approved Real Eet&te. THOS. P. McDOW. 14 f. t tf MULES AT FILBERT. HAVE an excellent bunch of Missouri and Kentucky Mules at my Tie near Filbert, that I am selling right prices. i . f. tf HUGH G. BROWN. ECIAL BARGAINS IN USED CARS THEN you want a Second-hand Car at the right price, see us. If we fen't your particular make on hands, will try to get it for vou. Repalr; and storage a specialty, t* PLAXCO & MONTGOMERY. NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS. LL persons without distinction as to race or color, are hereby warned Unst Hunting, Fishing or otherwise sspassing upon my lands, for what- 1 ir purpose. Disregard of this notice [1 be punished to the full extent of > law. it* Mrs. S. B. WITHER8POON. TIME TO PAY. J JBSCRIBERS to The Yorkville En- ? quirer on my Club are reminded it subscriptions are due and payable her to me or at the office on or be e February 1. The time is ohort 2t J. .K. ALLISON. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. LL Subscribers to The Yorkville Enquirer on my Club are requested settle their subscriptions as soon as ssible and before the first day of bruary. JEFF D. WHITESIDES. DESIRABLE HOME FOR SALEDFFER for sale my former Dwelling on the south side of King's Mounn street, Clover, S. C. The DwellS is one story with seven rooms, iniding fully equipped bath room and . ratories, and electric lights. The lot 99 feet front by 800 feet deep, and it is bam, garage and other necesry buildings; also a good garden. If u want a home in a real good town. i me right away, as the first one 10 agrees to pay the price I ask will-' "Til1 n oirrmtr m ? Vino v 11*3. YV ill. r. OXX3.1 1XX. o 21 RENE STARR HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. {MEDIATELY after Clerk's Sale, on Monday, February 3rd, next, In >nt of York Courthouse Door, I will 1 to the highest bidder my House d Lot on Wright Avenue, In the wn of York. House comparatively w; contains Ave rooms, besides pan' and bathroom; has all modern conaiences, and the lot Is 100 by 270 >t. Terms of Sale: One-fifth Cash, be paid on the day of sale (with ivilege to the purchaser to pay all sh, or any additional amount on day sale), and the balance with Interest >m day of sale at seven per cent. In e equal annual installments of prln>al and interest, secured by a Bond the purchaser and a mortgage of the smises, together with insurance polon said dwelling, i. 2 8 - 8 21 IRENE STARR. NOTICE Opening of Books of Subscription to iie Capital Stock of the Peoples Sank and Trust Company. OTICE is hereby given that Books of Subscription to the Capital >ck of THE PEOPLES BANK AND LUST COMPANY will be opened in < 3 Store Room of J. M. Stroup, in the wn of York, South Carolina, on the th day of January, 1919, and remain en continuously for a period of Ten lYS. The Capital Stock of said corratlon will be Fifty Thousand Dol s, and divided into Five Hundred ares of the par value of One Huned Dollars eachC. L. COBB. T. L. JOHNSTON, J. B. JOHNSON, J. M. STROUP, J. H. B. JENKINS. Jr., / J. T. CRAWFORD. J. FRANK "ASHE, J. S. MACKORELU J. L. McGILL, Board of Corporators. Tan 28, 1919. t It 0 IT NOW NOW IS A GOOD TIME tt is most too wet to be doing farm rk. Why not look after those reIrs that are needed about the farm ^ ?ethaps your residence, the barns or ^ 1 fences need repairing. See us for > necessary Hardware the Nails, cks, Hinges, etc. Also, why not tlx the garden fence now. See us for j Wire. We have it and It is of a >d, serviceable quality. GOOD CHOPPING AXES 1,'ord wood is a good price now and [1 likely continue so for some time, jy not cut seme for sale- See us for ! Axes. We have them good ones right prices. \lso see us for Hand Saws, Hatch, Hammers and other Tools you are istantly needing at home. W. WHITESIDES & CO. SHARON - - 8. C. DCT TO ALL 1 I\EL FORD OWNERS V new discovery for making all dels WATERPROOF. For many .rs you have had trouble with your rd In rainy weather caused by the ^ 1 Box becoming "short circuited. is new discovery will eliminate this uble, and if you care to learn the ledy just mall us THREE CENTS STAGE and we will mail you Inactions telling you how to get rid of 3 annoyance- No mechanical knowl;e necessary Just a few minutes of ir spare time required to do the after which you will be able to k-e your Ford in rainy weather hout using a rain coat over the >d. f your Ford gives you any other ixble^bring it to us We will give it ew doses of "Y. M- CO. SPECIALlie you wait and send you on your r rejoicing. Yours for service, )RK MOTOR CAR CO. S. L. COURTNEY, Proprietor. 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